Jonathan Saunders

<a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/person/jonathan-saunders">Jonathan Saunders has a knack of revisiting ideas that have gone before and re-presenting them in a way that feels entirely new. It's no bad thing. The successful silk bomber jackets of last spring (they popped up in his recent pre-fall collection too) are only landing in stores now, but such were the orders on them, he was encouraged to reimagine the shape again this season. They came in quilted nude satin and elsewhere, black leather, in a biker jacket hybrid. A checkerboard silk devore also continued over from pre-fall. But what gives these pieces new life is his fearlessness when it comes to experimenting with new proportions and silhouettes.There has long been a cross-pollination between his women's wear and menswear which is a business growing at an exponential rate and that was felt here this evening in his exaggerated shapes; gargantuan coats with broad sweeping shoulders, and his borrowed-from-the-boyfriend roomy, homespun knits, another Saunders signature. This time he paired them with maxi skirts, which is combination we have seen a lot of for autumn.If those leather Bermuda shorts styled over cropped tailored trousers felt a little clunky (it was a curious combination and one that is unlikely to translate to the shop floor) no matter, there is plenty more here that certainly will.